I was wondering if there were any everyday-use software out there that were better than others at using both processors.. By everyday-use, I mean software like browsers (firefox), multimedia players (rhythmbox, amarock), office suites (open office), file explorers (nautilus), etc. Do these software even use both my cores or is one of them just sleeping? In other words, which everyday-use software are multi-threaded and can benefit from having a dual core even if they are the only software running?
fyi: I have an acer aspire 5536-5519 running Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope... AMD Athlon 64 X2 processor QL 64 (2.1 Ghz) don't even know what all this means...